Importing Static Meshes ¶

To import Static Meshes into the Darkest Hour SDK, the models must be in a now defunct format known as ASE (ASCII Scene Export). This guide will walk you through how to export your models to this format using Blender.

Installing the Addon ¶

We maintain a Blender addon named io_scene_ase that can export your models to the ASE format.

1. Download and save the latest io_scene_ase release from here
2. Open Blender
3. Navigate to Edit > Preferences
4. Navigate to Addons
5. Click Install...
6. Select the zip file you downloaded (eg. io_scene_ase-main-1.0.0.zip) and click Install Add-on
7. Check the box next to Import-Export: ASCII Scene Export to enable to the addon

To verify that the installation worked correctly, navigate to File > Export. There should be a new item, ASCII Scene Export (.ase)

Exporting Models ¶

1. Select all the objects that you want to export.
2. Navigate to File > Export > ASCII Scene Export (.ase)
3. Adjust the settings on the export dialog as needed
4. Click Export.

You can now import the ASE file into the SDK.

Collision Meshes ¶

To export an associated collision mesh with the model, give your collision mesh object the prefix of MCDCX_. This will signal to the exporter to use that object as a collision object instead of visible geometry.

Click here for a full guide on how to create karma and player collision meshes for exported models.